apt-cdrom

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apt-cdrom
is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of available
sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining
the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several
possible mis-burns and verifying the index files.

It is necessary
to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system;
it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a
multi-CD set must be inserted and scanned separately
to account for possible mis-burns.

Unless the
-h, or --help option is
given, one of the commands below must be present.

add

add is used to add a new disc
to the source list. It will unmount the CD-ROM device,
prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed to scan it
and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper
.disk directory you will be prompted for a descriptive
title.

APT uses a
CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the
drive and maintains a database of these IDs in
/var/lib/apt/cdroms.list

ident

A debugging tool to report the
identity of the current disc as well as the stored file
name

options

All command
line options may be set using the configuration file, the
descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For
boolean options you can override the config file by using
something like
-f-,--no-f,
-f=no or several other variations.

-d,
--cdrom

Mount point; specify the
location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must be
listed in /etc/fstab and properly configured. Configuration
Item: Acquire::cdrom::mount.

-r,
--rename

Rename a disc; change the label
of a disc or override the disc's given label. This option
will cause apt-cdrom to prompt for a new label.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::Rename.

Fast Copy; Assume the package
files are valid and do not check every package. This option
should be used only if apt-cdrom has been run
on this disc before and did not detect any errors.
Configuration Item: APT::CDROM::Fast.

-a,
--thorough

Thorough Package Scan; This
option may be needed with some old Debian 1.1/1.2 discs that
have Package files in strange places. It takes much longer
to scan the CD but will pick them all up.

-n,
--just-print,
--recon,
--no-act

No Changes; Do not change the
sources.list(5) file and do not write index files.
Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item:
APT::CDROM::NoAct.

-h,
--help

Show a short usage summary.

-v,
--version

Show the program version.

-c,
--config-file

Configuration File; Specify a
configuration file to use. The program will read the default
configuration file and then this configuration file. If
configuration settings need to be set before the default
configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
APT_CONFIG environment variable. See
apt.conf(5) for syntax information.

-o,
--option

Set a Configuration Option;
This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax
is -o Foo::Bar=bar. -o and
--option can be used multiple times to
set different options.

diagnostics

apt-cdrom returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on
error.

notes

1.

APT bug page

http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt

bugs

APT
bug page[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT,
please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or
the reportbug(1) command.